Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. ALL THE DETAILS, PLANS, AND IDEAS YOU NEED TO USE STOCK KITCHEN CABINETS TO CREATE BUILT-INS THROUGHOUT THE HOME This expertly written, heavily-illustrated resource provides builders, remodelers, designers, and architects with all the ideas and information they need to use stock kitchen cabinetry to create beautiful and functional built-ins throughout the home. Homeowners will find this a valuable resource, too. Written by a certified kitchen and bathroom designer with twenty-five years' experience in the field, Beautiful Built-Ins is packed with plan details and installation tips -- so pitching the sale, closing the deal, specifying and ordering materials, and actual assembly is efficient and easy. It will prove to be a source of design inspiration complete with the necessary "how to" information. With more than 750 illustrations, Beautiful Built-Ins is versatile enough to double as a presentation portfolio and can actually improve your bottom line by giving you more options to offer your clients. INVALUABLE TO BUILDERS, REMODELERS, DESIGNERS, AND ARCHITECTS: * Assembly tips * Bedrooms, Bathrooms, and Exercise Areas * Beverage Centers * Libraries, Offices and Desks * Craft Rooms, Potting Benches, and Workshops * Entertainment Centers * Utility Areas * Children's Rooms * Dining Areas * Cabinets, Cabinets Everywhere * Details, Details, Details * Striking Out on Your Own * Appendix * Glossary * Manufacturers and Suppliers Edwards Writes Book About Built-Ins American Woodmark's Director of Design may be well known in Cabinet Head circles, but she's about to be known throughout the world. Connie Edwards' book, "Beautiful Built-Ins: Plans for Designing with Stock Cabinets," was published on August 9, 2002, and is available wherever books are sold including Amazon.com. The 512-page book, with more than 750 illustrations, features all of the details, plans and ideas one needs to use stock kitchen cabinets to create beautiful and functional built-ins throughout the home. Some of her ideas include bedroom, bath and exercise areas; children's rooms; dining areas; libraries, offices and desks; craft rooms; entertainment centers; and utility areas. ...Edwards is a certified kitchen and bath designer with over 25 years of experience in the field, which is why the book is so comprehensive. According to publisher McGraw-Hill, "Beautiful Built-Ins: Plans for Designing with Stock Cabinets" is packed with plan details, striking room photography and installation tips. It also includes specifying and ordering materials and showing assembly information to make it easy and efficient. Edwards not only provides the functional "how to" information, she also provides the inspiration. ...Edwards spent 15 months of evenings and weekends working on the project followed by several more weeks proofreading the galleys and cover illustration. "The whole thing has been interesting. I really learned a lot about the publishing process and it is exciting to have the book completed," Edwards said. Former Corry resident, Connie Edwards, recently had a book published entitled "Beautiful Built-Ins," which is an illustration planning guide on how to design any room in the home. Edwards, who is a 1965 graduate of Corry Area High School, is a certified kitchen and bath designer with over 25 years of experience and has appeared on "HGTV" and "Good Morning America." She spent most of her career in the Corry area before moving to Winchester, VA, in 1991 to accept a position as director of design for the third largest manufacturer of cabinetry in the United States. Her book features over 200 designs all constructed from stock kitchen cabinetry. Homeowners with some carpentry skills can assemble many of the units and others are better left to professionals. The book is available at local bookstores and online. Local Resident Publishes Book on Beautiful Built-Ins for the Home Stock cabinets often used in kitchens have more decorative storage uses than most people realize. That's why certified kitchen and bath designer Connie Edwards of Winchester wrote "Beautiful Built-Ins: Plans for Designing with Stock Cabinets." Cabinets are used by builders in book shelves, entertainment centers, children's rooms, and home offices to give homeowners more storage space, but the novel idea got Edwards a first-time book deal with McGraw-Hill. The photo on the cover features a (flower) potting room with built-in cabinets. Edwards works full time as director of design for American Woodmark. It took her about 15 months to write the book in her spare time on evenings and weekends. "Beautiful Built-Ins" is aimed at two people, Edwards said, homeowners who are "do-it-yourselfers" and those who will take the designs to carpenters and say "Let's do som